The story of Felicia Garcia is as extraordinary as it is heartbreaking. She was only 15. Think about it, adults. Just 15 short years. Life for her became so unbearable that her only solution -- she thought -- was suicide. She threw herself in front of a train. In fact, the headline didn't say it all. "Tragic" doesn't come close to what appears to have happened here.

On the most basic level, some ugly form of bullying appears to have been involved. But Felicia's life was no easy one. Her parents died. She was in foster care. It was said she was thrown out of a relative's home. She had an abusive boyfriend at one time. She suffered from depression.

And then, what appears to have totally overwhelmed this fragile girl were rumors she was bullied about a sexual encounter she purportedly had with several players of the Tottenville High School football team on Friday. It was said there was video of the encounter. She is said to have been with counselors all day Wednesday at the school. It was said she pleaded for a transfer out of Tottenville.

I guess we'll have to wait to see what the new law does. The problem doesn't seem to be getting any better. Bullying -- once face-to-face -- exists way outside the classroom. Cyberbullying is rampant through emails, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites and texting -- much of it anonymous by cowards too gutless to put their names to it.

What do we do today? Children are being hurt. Lives destroyed. Felicia Garcia is dead. For her, whatever the new law will do, it's too late.